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It's official. After performing a sweep through Lil Wayne's mansion, police have given the "all clear," and have broken down their perimeter.

We reported earlier how authorities had received a phone call from a man who claimed to have shot four people in the rapper's home, but after going from room-to-room through Lil Wayne's house, police have confirmed that it was a prank.

As good as the graphics are on Call of Duty, one kid's first-person shooter experience got WAY too real this week!

Long Island teenager Rafael Castillo was playing the popular video game against an unknown opponent online. When Castillo ended up winning, the sore loser at the other end decided to get back at him with a “swatting” prank!

We’ve reported on “swatting" before, usually to celebrity victims. Police receive a random tip describing a horrific crime. When they show up at the scene though, they realize they’ve

Now Corey Feldman and his "Angels" are the latest celebs to get "swatted" - the prank in which police get a phony phone call reporting a fake crime at a celebrity's home! The cops of course then respond to the emergency, often times with an entire S.W.A.T. team in tow!

So not cool! Not to mention a total waste of taxpayers' dollars!

Corey and his girlfriends were shocked to see police surrounding their house and a helicopter circling above at 2AM!

Much like Miley Cyrusyesterday, it appears that Paris Hilton has been victimized for the second time by the persistent, frankly obnoxious SWATTING pranksters, who call 9-1-1 and report nonexistent crimes happening at celebrity homes in El Lay!

This time around, the individual wasting police time, money and resources sent authorities to the heiress' home after claiming she was being

Shane Redway -- a Canadian rapper and close friend of Drake's -- was killed early Saturday morning in a car crash. He was just 26 years old.

Redway and two others were killed when their car lost control, struck a guardrail and burst into flames. The crash occurred around 4am outside Pearson International Airport in Toronto. It's unclear who was behind the wheel. Police are investigating the crash.

Drake took to Instagram to remember Redway, posting two different tributes.